Doctors147
for 4

Unison57
all out

Doctors
suffered an early blow when Rob Adcock was well caught off Ahmed (1-20), low
down at extra cover by Graham Fergusson who was substitute fielder for the
opposition.At first Andrew Dodden
struggled to time the ball against sharp outswing bowling by Gary Stone but
then got used to the pace of the damp pitch and unfurled a selection of
handsome straight drives.Left handed
Andrew Paisley (31) peppered the square leg boundary from the bowling of
B.Payne (1-43) until the bowler gained revenge by hitting his off stump with
a ball that turned markedly.Dodden
retired on 42 not out and Justin Pepperell formed a useful stand with Matthew
House.Boundaries were hard to come by
on a large, damp outfield and spirited Unison fielding was led by the
athletic Quinton Button.Pepperell
(27) tempered his usual big hitting to match the difficulties posed by the
pitch while House (19) went for his shots.When both were dismissed in the last over by the flighted finger spin
of Tim Mander (2-14) the damage had been done and the total was already
daunting.

The Unison reply never got going as David Gwynne Jones bowled Payne
with his first ball.Kevin Chorley (12)
took the attack to the bowlers but mistimed a slower ball from Gwynne Jones
(2-8) which was well caught over his shoulder by House running back from
cover.This opened the door for Steve
Gardiner to bowl a devastating spell of 3 for 17 which destroyed the middle
order.Unison knew it was not their
day when Stone hit a reverse sweep straight into the hands of Gwynne Jones at
slip and then Button, who had been holding the innings together, was bowled by
the excellent Mike Smart (1-16).An over
of off cutters from Peter Reed (3-0) was enough to finish off the tail thanks
to two good catches at slip by Gardiner.